The CSR Committee meets on a monthly basis to discuss volunteering and funding initiatives for each CSR partner.

Lifeline Shanghai

Lifeline Shanghai provides a helpline forthe English-speaking community across China with free, confidential, and anonymous emotional support via telephone (021) 6279 8990 and online chat 10AM to 10PM, 365 days a year.

Lifeline Shanghai's trained helpline assistants respect everyone's right to be heard, understood, and cared for. They are ready to listen and support, helping you to gain another perspective and connecting you with other support services as needed.

Through community engagement programs, Lifeline Shanghai continues to raise awareness of the importance of mental health and fights the stigma in talking about it. We listen. We care.

The Renewal Center

The Renewal Center, Shanghai is a drop-in resource center and employment assistance initiative for Shanghai’s homeless population. Established in 2008 as a grassroots civil society organization in Shanghai, the center currently receives around 70-80 guests weekly for basic services of showers and laundry. The majority of its guests are male rural-urban migrants and over half were born after 1980. Their soft-skills training program and employment assistance initiative began in 2009 in cooperation with MAYA and also spurred the launch of our citizenship assistance and residency programs.

•To help young people develop self-respect, confidence in themselves, and hope for the future.

AustCham Shanghai supports the KidStrong Dental and Eye Care Expansion. Through the program the children from partner migrant schools are educated on the importance of good personal hygiene and healthy eating habits. The children receive eye exams and dental checkups as part of the program.

Shanghai Sunrise

Shanghai Sunrise promotes education in Shanghai by facilitating sponsorships for thousands of students who otherwise would not have a chance to attend. Since 1996, the organisation has raised almost 11,000 scholarships; but there is more work to be done.Shanghai Sunrise is a non-profit organization raising funds for educational scholarships for underprivileged and at-risk young people in Shanghai.

AustCham Shanghai will support the charity by covering the cost of three years of tuition fee for 9 students.